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heart_n there_o to_o kindle_v the_o fire_n and_o procure_v a_o fever_n fear_v and_o sadness_n be_v unseperable_a companion_n of_o this_o miserable_a grief_n for_o some_o reason_n which_o i_o will_v set_v down_o in_o the_o chapter_n follow_v behold_v here_o the_o description_n of_o melancholy_n as_o it_o be_v a_o symptom_n or_o accident_n which_o have_v relation_n to_o some_o action_n hurt_n and_o hinder_v that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o the_o imagination_n and_o reason_n deprave_a and_o corrupt_a this_o accident_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o effect_n of_o some_o cause_n and_o depend_v immediate_o upon_o a_o disease_n for_o as_o the_o shadow_n follow_v the_o body_n even_o so_o the_o symptom_n follow_v and_o accompany_v the_o disease_n disease_n melancholy_n be_v a_o similar_v disease_n all_o the_o physician_n both_o greek_n and_o arabian_n do_v thike_a that_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o accident_n
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